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”’Francis Somerset”’ (died 22 July 1563), was an [[Kingdom of England|English]] soldier, briefly a member of the [[House of Commons of England]] in the |
”’Francis Somerset”’ (died 22 July 1563), was an [[Kingdom of England|English]] soldier, briefly a member of the [[House of Commons of England]] in the Parliament of Queen I (1558). |
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Somerset joined the [[English expedition to France (1562–1563)|English expedition to France]] and died in the defence of [[Le Havre]]. |
Somerset joined the [[English expedition to France (1562–1563)|English expedition to France]] and died in the defence of [[Le Havre]]. |
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Latest revision as of 06:05, 19 November 2025
Francis Somerset (died 22 July 1563), was an English soldier, briefly a member of the House of Commons of England in the last Parliament of Queen Mary I (1558).
Somerset joined the English expedition to France and died in the defence of Le Havre.
Probably born about 1530, Somerset was a younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, and his second wife Elizabeth Browne, a daughter of Anthony Browne.[1] His mother was the leading witness against Anne Boleyn, and there were rumours that she had been a mistress of Henry VIII.[2]
Somerset was mistakenly reported to have died at the battle of Pinkie in 1547,[3] but he was one of the two Members of Parliament for Monmouthshire in 1558 and fought at the siege of Leith in 1560.[4]
During the French wars of religion, on 8 May 1562 Huguenot forces took the town of Le Havre and expelled Roman Catholics. Fearing a counter-attack by the royal armies, the Huguenot leader Louis I, Prince of Condé, turned to the English, who sent a garrison led by Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick. The city built fortifications under the Treaty of Hampton Court. The troops of Charles IX, commanded by the Duke of Montmorency, attacked Le Havre, and the English were expelled on 29 July 1563.[5]
Somerset was killed a few days before the French attack had recovered the town.[4]
- ^ Michael C. Questier, Catholicism and community in early modern England (Cambridge University Press, 2006), p. 68
- ^ Kelly Hart, The Mistresses of Henry VIII (The History Press, 2009), p. 25
- ^ William Williams, The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales (1895), p. 121, says that Arthur Collins‘s 18th-century Peerage claims Somerset died at Pinkie or Musselburgh in 1547.
- ^ a b P. S. Edwards, “Francis Somerset”, History of Parliament Online
- ^ Modern Period (1492–1610), Municipal Archives of Le Havre, (in French)
